Spangle cutting and attaching machine.



G. W. BINGHAM. SPANGLE CUTTING AND ATTAGHING MACHINE. APPLIoATIoN FILED JUNE 15, 190s. RENEWBD SEPT. 11, 1909.

940,229. Patented N0v.16,19o9

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APPLI GATION FILED JUNE 15, 1906. RENEWED SEPT. 11, 1909.

Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

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SPAN GLB CUTTING AND ATTACHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 190e. RBNBWPD SEPT. 11. 1909.

Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

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/NVENTH George W. Bingham.

A TTOHNEY NFE GEORGE W. BINGrI-IAM,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPANGLE CUTTING AND ATTACHING MACHINE.'

Application filed June 15, 1906, Serial No. 321,893.

To all 'whom t may concer-n:

Be it known that l, GEORGE 7. BINGHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at 266 lWest Eleventh street, New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spangle Cutting and Attaching Machines, of which t-he following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention is a machine for making spangles or the like and attaching them to scarfs, neckwear, regala, etc.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character which will be simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, convenient and easy to oper ate, and very effective for the purpose intended.

Further objects and advantages of the invention and the structural features by means of which they are attained, will be made clear by an examination of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figuie 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the machine; Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical transverse sectional views taken respectively on the planes indicated by' the lines 2 2 and 3 3 in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a detail horizontal sectional view; Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the mutilated or intermittent gears; Figs. G and 7 are detail views of the punches and dies showing the operation of the machine; and Figs. 8, 9, and 10 are views showing the spangles that are made and attached by the machine. Figs. 11, 12 and 13 are views similar to Fig. 2 but showing the several cranks in their varying positions.

The embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings, comprises two coacting rotary dies 1, 2, a multiple punch 3 to coact with the same, a spring die 4 and a second punch 5 to coact with said spring die and with one of said rotary dies. Each of the latter is in the form of a hollow or recessed cylinder having in its periphery, adjacent to its open end, die apertures or openings disposed, preferably, at diametrically opposite point-s. The closed ends of these cylinders have projecting from them, concentric trunnions or shafts 6 which are journaled to rotate in a bearing 7 depending from a bed plate 3, or other suitable support. Said die cylinders are superposed in Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

Renewed September 11, 1909. Serial No. 517,287.

vertical alinement, so that the uppermost point of the upper one 2 is Hush with the top of the bed plate and disposed in an opening in the same, and so that their peripheries or outer faces contact as they are rotated. They are caused to rotate together by means of intermeshing gears 9, 10, secured to the cylinders by bolts 10a. The die openings in these cylinders may be of any size and shape according to the size and shape of the spangle to be made and attached by the machine, but, in the present embodiment of the invention, the openings 11 in the lower cylinder 1 are shaped so as to cut the spangle blank 12 shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings. The openings 13 in the upper cylinder 2 are smaller than the openings 11 and correspond in shape to the nished spangle. As shown, the blank 12 is in the form of a parallelogram and is adapted to be made into a spangle of rectangular form, by bending the points or prongs 14, at the diagonally opposite corners of its body portion 15, over upon the latter, as clearly shown in Figs. 9 and 10.

The multiple punch 3 is mounted for vertical reciprocatory movement in a guide 17 depending from the bed plate 8. Said punch 3 comprises a body portion which slides in the guide 17 and from which projects three punches 18, 19, 20. The lower punch 1S is disposed below the cylinder 1 and is adapted to cut the blanks 12 from a strip of metal 21 which is fed between said punch and cylinder in any suitable manner. The intermediate punch 19 is disposed within the cylinder 1 and is adapted to feed the blanks 12 from the openings 11 in the cylinder 1 into the openings 13 in the cylinder 2 and at the same time bend the prongs or point-s 14 of said blanks at right angles to their bodies 15. The upper punch 2O is disposed within the cylinder 2 and is adapted to force the partially bent spangles from the openings 13, so that their prongs 14 pass through the fabric or other material upon which the spangles are secured by the machine. As the prongs of the spangles are thus forced through the fabric, they enter between the jaws 21 of the spring die 4 and the recipiocatory punch 5, which latter is disposed between said jaws. The spring die 4 depends from a supporting arm 22 provided upon the top of the bed plate 8 and is preferably formed from a single piece of metal by dividing and shaping it to pro- 30 bearings beneath the bedpplate, a main shaft tions 23 of the inner faces of said jaws.

Projections 24 are formed at the lower ends of the inclines 23 so that the jaws will be.

spaced from the opposite faces of the punch 5 to permit the prongs 14 of the spangles to enter between. them as previously stated. The punch 5 is adapted to be twice reciprocated toy each half rotation of the cylinder 2, so that as the punch is elevated or raised the first time, the jaws ,21, owing to their resiliency, will spring together and bend the prongs 14e inwardly, and as said punch descends the second time, it will mash said prongs down flat against the bottom or under face of the fabric through which they extend. The punch 5, as shown, is secured in a slot in the lower end of a bar 25 which is disposed vertically and is mounted to slide through bearings 26 formed on the outer end or head of the supporting arm 22.

Any suitable means may be employed for intermittently rotating the dies or cylinders 1, 2, intermittently reciprocating the multiple punch 3, and reciprocating the secondv punch 5, but I preferably mount, in suitable 27 which may be rotated in any suitable .carried by the punch 3.

manner and from which said punches andv `dies are driven. An intermittent reciprooatory motion is imparted to the punch 3 by means of a cam 2S which is'secured upon the shaft 27 and is in the form of a circular plate or disk provided in one of its faces with an irregular shaped cam groove 29 adapted to receive an anti-.friction roller 30 An intermittent rotary motion is imparted to the diesl, 2

by providing beneath the bed plate 8, in the horizontal plane of the shaft 27, a countershaft 31 and connecting thelatter tothe shaft 27 by mutilated gears 32, 33, the former of which is provided with two teeth A40 mutilated to the extent of having one half of each tooth cut away, and the latter of which is provided with a disk portion 41 of one half the thickness of the teeth 42,.`

asl clearly shown in Fig. 5. Thus as the drive-shaft 27 is continuously rotated an intermittent rotary motion will be imparted to the shaft 31. is imparted to the rotary dies by means of a gear 34 which is secured upon the shaft 31 and Vmeshes with the gear 9 on the die or cylinder 2. The punch 5 is continuously reciprocated by mounting in the arm 22, which is preferably hollow,A a shaft 35 on which are crank-arms 3G, 37. The arm 36 is connected by a rodor link 38 to a crank 39 on the drive-shaft 27, and the arm 37 is connected, by ya rodor link l0 tothe bar 25 The motion of the lat-tery of the punch 5. Owing to the fact that the crank 39 has a smaller throw than the crankarm 36, the shaft 35 will be oscillated while the shaft27 is rotated.

The operation and advantages of the invention will be readily understood from the foregoing detail description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the following brief statement. The ma terial upon which the spangles arey to be secured, is supported upon the bed plate and guided by the operator so thatfthe spangles will be properly placed upon the same. As the drive-shaft 27 .is rotated,'the cam`28 will elevate the multiple punch 3 to cause its member 18 to punch a spangle blank 12 from the metal( strip 41. `After punch 3 lowers, the mutilated gearing previously described, will cause the dies 1, 2 to `make onehalf of a revolution, thereby'bringing said blank 12 inalinement with the punch 19 and one ofthe openings13 in the die 2. The punchv 3 is thenelevated la second time to cause itsmember 191to press said blank into the die 2 and atmthe same time bend its prongs at right angles. The diesfl, 2, arey again given one-half of a revolution, after the punch 3 lowers the secondtime, and the bent or partially formed spangle in the die` `2 is thereby brought; beneathfthe.material` on which it is tobe secured. i

Punch 5 now descends, thereby separating the jaws 21 of the spring dies, so, as to be` in position to receive the prongs of the spangle. The punch 3 is then elevated again, thereby forcing the prongs of thespangle through the material, between the punch 5 and the jaws 21. Punch 5, is elevated, thereby allowing the jaws-21 to bend the prongs of the spangle inwardly. Punch3 is withdrawn and the cylinders start` to rotate. The spangle and the material to which it is partially securedy is now supported on the uninterrupted or plain portion `of: the cylinder 2. The punch 5 now descends for a second time, clenching the prongsV of the spangle against the cylinder 2, as abacking.

lVhile 1 have described the operation of the machine in forming and attaching but one spangle, it will be understood that the formation of the spanglesis: continuous and that the latter are fed automatically.

`While I have shown `andwdescribed the preferred embodiment of the `invention it will be understood that I do notflimit myself to the precise showing set forth, since various changesumay be made within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is*

1. In a machine of ythecharacter set forth,k the combination ofia plurality ofdie members having die openings, means fonfcausing thejdie `openings. of the said diei-members to be plaeed in register at intervals7 and die members adapted to Cooperate With the' punch members adapted to cooperate With said die openings to shape the blank and to the said die openings to shape the blank transmit it from the die opening ot one and to transfer it from the die opening of member to the die opening` of another mem- 1 5 one member to the die opening of another ber.

member. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my 2. In a machine of the character set forth, signature in presence of two Witnesses.

the combination of a plurality of rotatable GEORGE n. SINGHAM.

die members having die openings adapted Nitnessesz to be placed in register at intervals, and MARY J. BINGHAM,

punch members located interiorly of said GEO. VAN VLm'r. 

